After a break from domestic football, our return to Premier League actions sees us up against Spurs – so no pressure today then.

Spurs are currently above us in the table and will stay there irrespective of the outcome today but we could close the gap between us and 4th place with a win. Given we usually do win against Spurs at home, we should feel pretty confident – most of us won’t though, because if we continue to play in the way we have done for much of the season, then we just won’t have enough to beat them today.

After ending Spurs’ ‘title hopes’ last season, it’s almost scripted for them to get their revenge by ending their embarrassing record against us at Stamford Bridge, whilst pushing us further away from the Champions League places this time around. That’ll be Pochettino’s plan anyway.

MANAGER’S VIEWS

Going into today’s game, Chelsea boss Antonio Conte says “It is an important game. Our target is to reach the Champions League and then the final of the FA Cup. If we win we go close to Tottenham, if we don’t then not so close with seven games. Nothing is impossible. With this run I put in Liverpool and we have to try to win every game, not to make mistakes and not drop points.”

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino meanwhile, says “There is still a lot of games to play, but always it’s important for your confidence, motivation – to win at Chelsea would be fantastic but for sure it will be a very tough game. They are a very good team, great quality and always it’s tough to compete with them. For us, three points would be fantastic and put us in a very good position in the table.”